M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD reaching 7,300MB/s

PNY has unveiled its new CS2342 M.2 2230 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD, which promises some of the fastest read and write speeds in the 2230 form factor, reaching up to 7,300 MB/s for read speeds and 6,000 MB/s for write speeds. It will be available in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, and available later this month.

New Opacity Micromaps (OMM) and Shader Execution Reordering (SER)

Microsoft has unveiled DirectX Raytracing 1.2 (DXR 1.2) at GDC 2025, introducing two major innovations designed to address key ray tracing performance bottlenecks: Opacity Micromaps (OMM) and Shader Execution Reordering (SER). These features aim to enhance ray tracing efficiency while maintaining high visual quality, signaling a shift toward more intelligent resource management in graphics processing.

Up to 96GB of GDDR6 ECC memory

At GTC 2025, NVIDIA has unveiled its new RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU series for workstations, including a full lineup of desktop and laptop GPUs, as well as a data center-oriented RTX PRO 6000 Server Edition one.

Extreme speed and large capacity kits

G.Skill has announced a couple of new DDR5 memory kits aimed at the AMD platform, including an extreme-speed DDR5-8000 48GB kit and a large-capacity DDR5-6000 192GB kit.

AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 and Ryzen AI 7 350 processors

Sapphire is apparently looking to make a return to the mini-PC market, and is showcasing two new Edge AI mini-PC series SKUs at the Embedded World 2025.

Geforce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060

According to the latest rumors, it appears that Nvidia could announce its Geforce RTX 5060 series next week, most likely on March 13th. The information comes from Nvidia AIC partners, and we could see RTX 5060 Ti in both 8GB and 16GB versions and the RTX 5060 with 8GB of VRAM.

One with support for Geforce RTX 5070

Alongside the new Geforce RTX 5070 graphics card, Nvidia has rolled out its latest Geforce 572.70 WHQL driver, one that comes with the support for the aforementioned graphics card, as well as brings a single fix and Game Ready improvements for a couple of new games.

Launching on March 6th, priced at $549 for RX 9070 and $599 for RX 9070 XT

After an endless stream of leaks, rumors, and wild guesses, AMD has now officially announced its new RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards, the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the Radeon RX 9070. Both cards will launch on March 6th, coming from usual AMD AIB partners like Acer, Asus, ASRock, Powercolor, Sapphire, XFX, and others. In addition, AMD has provided a bit more details about its FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR 4).

Red Devil, Hellhound, and Reaper series

Powercolor has officially announced its full Radeon RX 9070 series, ahead of AMD's own event scheduled for later today. Powercolor is announcing a total of eight SKUs in its Red Devil, Hellhound, and Reaper series, including the special Red Devil RX 9070 XT Limited Edition, as well as the all-white Hellhound Spectral White RX 9070 XT.

Optimal for Thermal Grizzly direct-die cooling solutions

Thermal Grizzly, a well-known name in the overclocking and hardware enthusiast crowd, has now started to offer delidded CPUs that even come with a warranty.